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Christchurch poet Karen Zelas, whose first collection, Night's Glass Table, won an Australian Publishing Prize. Audio

Riemke Ensing, who's one of the contenders for the Lauris Edmond poetry prize being announced on Sunday at the Christchurch Writers Festival. Audio

Filmmaker Sue Healey has interviewed a selection of top New Zealand dancers who're now based overseas, for her documentary Virtuosi. It will premier at the upcoming Christchurch Body Festival. Audio

Another post-quake Christchurch art initiative, Dog Park. It's a new Waltham-based gallery presenting challenging works by both local and international artists. Audio

For two weeks the art of Samoan traditional and contemporary tattoo is being performed live at the Wellington City Gallery for all to see as part of an exhibition 'Sui faiga ae tumau fa'avae'. Audio

Kase Craig talks about dancing with a Bordeaux-based professional French company. He now dances in many of the most gorgeous performance venues in Europe. Audio

A couple of the most intriguing public art installations on in Christchurch. Dr Jessica Halliday discusses COCA gallery's window space project and Riki Manuel describes his art installations made from… Audio

The story of how Masterton independent bookseller, Hedleys, scored a David Bowie coup. They have a few precious copies of a limited edition book 'Speed of Life', in which Bowie collaborated on with… Audio

Ruth Todd is a stalwart of the Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival - which returns after a four year hiatus due to the earthquakes. Audio

Four years ago Matt Nache and a friend set up a contemporary art gallery in a warehouse space that overlooks the clock tower in Gisbourne. Sonia Sly finds out about the gallery and speaks to one of… Audio

Kate Newby concludes our series of interviews with the four 2012 Walters Art Prize Nominees. Audio

After ten years hard work, composer Eve de Castro Robinson gets to fulfill her dream. We hear from her and the opera's artistic director, Uwe Grodd. Audio

Kate McDermott has worked on successful series like Go Girls and is the head writer for the second series of Nothing Trivial. Plus she has a new TV series, The Blue Rose, on the go. Audio

Does New Zealand need a law to protect objects borrowed from overseas institutions from being seized by others with an interest in them? The Ministry for Culture and Heritage has put out a discussion… Audio

An upcoming exhibition by the Fashion Museum has delved into the wardrobes and bottom drawers of some of those early home sewers. Lynn Freeman speaks to one of the organisers Doris de Pont, and to one… Audio

Sriwhana Spong's remounted show 'Fanta Silver and Song' is part of the Walters Art Prize exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery. Audio

Ann Hunt reviews Footnote Dance Company's 'Forte Series'. Audio

Janet Frame, with the publication of new and previously uncollected stories in 'Gorse is Not People'. Her niece and co-executor Pamela Gordon has overseen the publication. Audio

While most writers' work is vetted by many pairs of eyes before it's unleashed on the world, plays sometimes fall straight from the brain to the stage. Julie Hill explores how script workshops can… Audio

Sarah Billinghurst is probably the most powerful New Zealander involved in opera. She's in charge of artistic matters at New York's Metropolitan Opera, and she makes time in her busy day to chat to… Audio

Erin Harrington reviews the premiere of Lynda Chanwai Earle's latest play, 'Man in a Suitcase', at Christchurch's Court Theatre. It's starting point was true story of a kidnapped Chinese student whose… Audio

We help John Gow and Gary Langsford celebrate the 25th anniversary of their Auckland art gallery. They opened their first gallery together in a converted gas station in Grey Lynn in 1987. Now you find… Audio

What is the state of art writing and criticism in New Zealand, what qualifications do visual art reviewers need, and who do art critics write for? Sonia Sly speaks to art critics Mark Amery, Megan… Audio

Starring Kip Chapman , Simon London, Dena Kennedy Oliver, and directed by Sophie Roberts. Philip and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with… Audio